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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Calbe an der Saale |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Dark-bordered Notgeld vignette with the town arms of Calbe — a red brick gate tower with a sheep passant — set within a decorative oval at top centre, flanked by blue foliate scrollwork. Denomination numerals "50" appear in red within circular cartouches at each upper corner. A central scroll panel carries the issuer name in Gothic script, date, validity clause, serial number, and magistrate signatures, with a lower banner commemorating the first documentary mention of Calbe by Kaiser Otto I in 937. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pf. Calbe a/S Saale! den 23. April 1917 - Nur gültig am Tage der Ausgabe. Der Magistrat: im Jahre - zur Erinnerung - an die erste urkundliche Erwähnung von Calbe durch Kaiser OTTO I. - 937 |
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Calbe an der Saale is a small town in Saxony-Anhalt, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1917, its Magistrat was forced into issuing its own emergency fractional currency as metal coinage disappeared into the war economy. The Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce in Glauchau handled a substantial volume of this Notgeld work for smaller towns lacking local print facilities — the "Künstlerdruck" designation indicates a higher-quality artistic printing process rather than a plain office run.
DeNG 1#213.4 suggests multiple varieties exist within the Calbe series, making precise identification of this specific type consequential for collectors working the Saxony-Anhalt regional issues.